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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION June 23 , 2014 <br /> APPROVED <br /> 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br /> 2 MINUTES <br /> 3 <br /> 4 DATE June 23 , 2014 <br /> 5 TIME STARTED : 5 : 30 p . m . <br /> 6 TIME ENDED 6 : 30 p . m . <br /> 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz , Kusterman , <br /> 8 Rafferty , Roeser ( arr . 5 : 40 pm ) and Mayor <br /> 9 Reinert <br /> 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None <br /> 11 <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Staff members present : City Administrator Jeff Karlson ; Community Development <br /> 14 Director Michael Grochala ; City Planner Katie Larsen ; Finance Director Al Rolek ; Public <br /> 15 Safety Director John Swenson ; City Engineer Diane Hankee <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Review Agenda for Regular Council Meeting — <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Consent Agenda — A council member had contacted the City Administrator about an <br /> 20 expenditure of the Centennial Fire District for website work . Mr . Karlson explained that <br /> 21 the funds involved are through a FEMA grant ; he will investigate further on the benefits <br /> 22 of the website . <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Item 4A , Resolution No . 14 - 61 , Creating a Wage Schedule for Paid On - Call Fire <br /> 25 Personnel . Chief Swenson review the rate schedule staff is recommending for Paid On- <br /> 26 Call Firefighters within the fire services division of the Public Safety Department , The <br /> 27 schedule was put together using information on rates for similar positions throughout the <br /> 28 metro area . A monthly stipend is recommended for certain leadership positions . <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Item 4B , Resolution No . 14 - 62 , Establishing an Incentive Program for the <br /> 31 Recruitment of Paid On - Call Fire Personnel . Chief Swenson noted that the city is <br /> 32 setting up a fire department and within a certain time frame so it is necessary to begin a <br /> 33 process of recruiting fire personnel as soon as possible . Staff believes that an incentive <br /> 34 program will be helpful in the effort . He reviewed the three levels that are intended to <br /> 01 35 attract new and experienced fire fighters . The budget impact of the incentive program <br /> 36 was reviewed . <br /> 37 <br /> 38 Item 4C , Enrollment in Statewide Lump - Sum Volunteer Firefighter Retirement <br /> 39 Plan Administered by PERA — Chief Swenson explained that since a firefighter pension <br /> 40 plan will be a part of a new fire department , the city commissioned a report by <br /> 41 Springsted , Inc . to consider pension options . He introduced Terri Heaton of Springsted <br /> 42 to review the report . <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Ms . Heaton explained that the report before the council outlining pension options is still a <br /> 45 " broad brush" report . The report compares pension implications for firefighters that <br /> 1 <br />